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For your maiden ight and until you are condent with the controls, it is recommended
that you y your Hoverbike Drone in ‘loiter’ mode, this is how the Hoverbike Drone will
arrive to you. In ‘loiter’ mode the ight controller will take care of keeping your Hover-
bike Drone in the same place and at the same altitude but you have control of where it
can go. Flight modes are controlled with Channel 5 on your transmitter - please see:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/ight-modes/.
Read also the next section ‘Before every ight’.
Take your Hoverbike Drone to an open ying area (half a soccer eld is a good mini-
mum size). You should choose a day with light or no wind, and the area should be clear
of people and obstacles.
FIRST TIME READY TO FLY
Place your Hoverbike Drone on the ground and lift battery plates o, plug in BOTH
batteries.
Now leave the Hoverbike Drone whilst the Pixhawk
ashes red and blue. It should not be moved or knocked
at this stage.
Once you hear and
see the above then the
battery cover plates can
be replaced. (If desired
the plates can be left o.
However, ensure the bat-
teries are secured.)
The Pixhawk LED and sound meanings
Arming button:
Pixhawk:
Ensure that the locking pins used for folding the drone
are secured
You should hear a tune from the Pixhawk buzzer. The
arming button light will ash.
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
Pixhawk:
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